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We study the photophobic ALP model in high-mass regions under LHC Run-II. Since the ALP is predominantly coupled with electroweak gauge bosons such as ZZ, WW, and Zγ, and less with di-photon, the model may be probed via multi-boson final-state processes. We find that on-shell ALP productions with Zγ final states currently provide the best sensitivities for ma > 40 GeV.
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This work is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (No. 21H01086 [M.E. and K.F.]), and JSPS KAKENHI Grants No. 22KJ3126 [M.A.] and No. 22K21350 [K.F.].
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Aiko, M., Endo, M. & Fridell, K. Heavy photophobic ALP at the LHC. J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 194 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2024)194
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